Tilttop golf tee

ABSTRACT

A golf tee comprising a thin flexible horizontal disc having a ball-receiving recess; an inverted elongated metal cone; and a vertical spongy cylinder disposed and connected between the disc and the cone.

United States Patent Parenteau 51 Feb. 29, 197 2 [54] TILTTOP GOLF TEE [56] References Cited [72] Inventor: Leo R. Parenteau, Drummondville, UNlTED STATES PATENTS Quebec 2,839,304 6/1958 Lerick ..273/207 [73] Assignee: The Raymond Lee Organintion, Inc., New 2,146,736 2/1939 Hammond et a1. ..273/206 York, NY. [22] Filed: Oct 5 1970 Primary ExaminerRichard C. Pinkham [21] A I N 77 93; Assistant Examiner-Theatrice Brown [57] ABSTRACT UuSo A p i i g a fl ibl h i g a g 3 ball-receiving recess; an inverted elongated metal cone; and a vertical spongy cylinder disposed and connected between the disc and the cone.

4 Claims, 4 Drawing Figures Patented Feb. 29, 1972 3,645,537

V/M EH95 [0 6. HOPE/V7640 INVENTOR.

TILTTOP GOLF TEE SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A permanent tee for golfers comprising a thin horizontal disc made of rubber and having a top disposed ball-receiving recess; an inverted elongated cone made of aluminum or other metal; and sponge rubber means having the general shape of a cylinder, the disc being secured to the top of the means and the base of the cone being imbedded in the bottom of the means.

Preferably, the bottom of the sponge means carries a bottom portion of the same material as the disc, and the base of the cone is imbedded in the bottom portion.

The cone being rigid and of metal will not break or crack. The disc being rubber and flexible will not crack or break. The sponge rubber disposed between the disc and cone will deform readily when the tee supports a ball struck by a club and then resumes its normal shape whereby the tee is permanent and will stay in proper position even after the ball is hit.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a side view of my invention;

FIG. 2 is a side cross section thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top view of my invention; and

FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 1 but illustrating the flexibility of my invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring now to FIGS. 1-4, my tee comprises a flat horizontal disc of medium durometer rubber; a vertical sponge rubber cylinder 12 having disc 10 secured to the top end thereof; a downwardly and inwardly tapering section 14 of the same material as the disc secured at its top surface to the bottom end of cylinder 12; and an elongated inverted cone 16 of aluminum or other metal, the base of the cone having an outer horizontal lip 18, the base and lip being imbedded in section 14 with the remaining portion of the cone extending vertically downward therethrough. The sponge rubber is sufficiently spongy whereby when a ball 20 is placed in ball-receiving recess 22 in the top end of the disc 10 and the fingers grasp the bottom of section 14 with the palm of the hand bearing against the ball, the cylinder can be squeezed to half depth as shown in FIG. 4. The cylinder will resume normal shape when the pressure is removed.

The tee then functions as previously described.

While I have described my invention with particular reference to the drawings, such is not to be considered as limiting its actual scope.

Having thus described this invention, what I assert as new is:

I. A permanent golf tee comprising:

a horizontal flexible disc with a ball-receiving recess in the top surface;

a spongy vertical cylinder having the disc secured to its top end;

a downwardly and inwardly extending tapered flexible section secured at its top surface to the bottom end of the cylinder; and

an inverted rigid elongated cone having its base imbedded in the section, the remainder of the cone extending downward out of the bottom end of'the section.

2. A tee as set forth in claim 1 wherein the cone is of metal, the section and disc are of rubber and the cylinder is of sponge rubber.

3. A tee as set forth in claim 1 wherein said base has a horizontal peripherally extending lip also imbedded in the section.

4. A tee as set forth in claim 3 wherein the metal is aluminum. 

1. A permanent golf tee comprising: A HORIZONTAL FLEXIBLE DISC WITH A BALL-RECEIVING RECESS IN THE TOP SURFACE; A SPONGY VERTICAL CYLINDER HAVING THE DISC SECURED TO ITS TOP END; A DOWNWARDLY AND INWARDLY EXTENDING TAPERED FLEXIBLE SECTION SECURED AT ITS TOP SURFACE TO THE BOTTOM END OF THE CYLINDER; AND AN INVERTED RIGID ELONGATED CONE HAVING ITS BASE IMBEDDED IN THE SECTION, THE REMAINDER OF THE CONE EXTENDING DOWNWARD OUT OF THE BOTTOM END OF THE SECTION.
 2. A tee as set forth in claim 1 wherein the cone is of metal, the section and disc are of rubber and the cylinder is of sponge rubber.
 3. A tee as set forth in claim 1 wherein said base has a horizontal peripherally extending lip also imbedded in the section.
 4. A tee as set forth in claim 3 wherein the metal is aluminum. 